Iqaluit filmmaker documents beauty of Arctic in ‘My 2020’
Short film from Sarah McNair-Landry premieres Monday on National Film Board website
Adventure filmmaker Sarah McNair-Landry’s new film, ‘My 2020,’ documents her journey from Nunavut to Idaho, showcasing the breathtaking Arctic landscapes she encounters on the way. (Photo courtesy of Erik Boomer/National Film Board)
To Iqaluit filmmaker Sarah McNair-Landry, Nunavut is “the territory you never finish discovering.”
Her new short, 34-minute film My 2020, which premieres Monday on the National Film Board website, sets out to document those sweeping Arctic landscapes and McNair-Landry’s passion for travelling them.
Over the course of a year, and accompanied by her partner Erik Boomer and their team of huskies, McNair-Landry recorded a travel documentary showcasing the Arctic tundra and their journey across it.
Filmed from Nunavut to Idaho, My 2020 is “a meditation on isolation, freedom, the future of recreational tourism and the silent power of wide-open spaces,” according to a description of the film on the NFB website.
Director McNair-Landry, who grew up in Nunavut, is an avid kayaker, skier, climber and dog-sledder. She was the youngest person to reach both the North and South Poles and has crossed the Greenland ice cap six times, traversed the Northwest Passage by kite-ski and travelled across Baffin Island on a 120-day dogsledding expedition.
She also directed the NFB films Never Lose Sight and Taking Shape, as well as other experimental works.
My 2020 is produced by Denis McCready for the NFB’s Quebec, Canadian Francophonie & Acadian Documentary Studio. Viewers can stream it for free starting Monday on the NFB website.
The couple have also been featured in a show,in the states, documenting a tiny house build.
Looking forward to seeing this production.
Looks and sounds awesome.
Thank you.